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“Oh, for the faith of the Sons
of the Soil,
As they confidently furrow
the earth,
And joyfully bend to the
long days of toil,
As they share Spring’s Mira
cle of Birth.”
“Sons of the Soil” —M. S. M.
How fitting that the third
largest youth organization of
America should choose the
■week of George Washington’s
birthday to observe National
FFA Week! For the "Father of
His Country” not only knew a
profound love of the soil, but
of his land as a whole; and
FFA training develops to the
fullest these characteristics of
respect for the soil they till
and their country.
The FFA program which in
cludes on the farm training, as
■well as classes directed by
State Vocational Teachers, re
sulted in a total labor income
of nearly $3 million earned by
members from their projects
during the past fiscal year.
Theirs is considered the most
prosperous of all youth orga
nizations, financially speaking.
FFA’ers learn early in life to
accept responsibility; and that
success depends largely upon
the integrity of their own ef
forts. This is one of Democra
cy’s most vital lessons.
We join the nation in paying
tribute to the Future Farmers
of America.
Substantial contributions to
the Heart Fund Drive have
been made by the Elks Club,
Rotary Club and Amitie Club
of Oxford. Also participating,
according to Dr. Tommy Crews,
Heart Fund Chairman, are Hol
liday Lanes and Gold Crown
Lanes Bowling Alleys; local
churches, and the Miniature
Garden Club who will make a
door-to-door drive on Sunday
afternoon. Sunday Feb. 25 is
designated as Heart Sunday in
church programs.
If you do not plan to be at
home on Sunday afternoon, an
envelope will be left to mail in
your contribution, for your
convenience; or checks may be
mailed directly to Dr. Crews
before Sunday. Every contri
bution aids in the invaluable
research which is constantly in
progress to combat ravages and
fatalities of diseases of the
heart. So let’s remember to
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Elks Dance
Saturday Night
There will be a dance Satur
day night at the Covington
Elks Club from 9 until 12 mid
night. Music will be furnished
by the Dixie Swingettes.
Golden Fleece
Communication
February 27
The regular communication
of Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6
F. and A. M. will be held Tues
day, February 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Brother Paul Alexander will
give a talk on “George Wash
ington Master Mason”.
Members urged to attend
and visiting brethren welcome.
Light refreshments.
Donald Helm. W. M.
Reuben M. Tuck, Sec.
Governor Sets
March as Anti-
Litter Month
Governor Vandiver signed a
Proclamation on February 9,
which proclaims March as An
ti-Litterbug month for the
year 1962. All citizens of Geor
gia are urged to co-operate
with the Garden Club of Geor
gia and all State Law Officers
in the enforcement of Georgia’s
Litterbug Law.
Observance of the law by the
motoring public and others will
aid in helping to reduce the
threat to the health and high
way safety of Georgia and will
also aid in the program of
beautification, all of which the
Garden Club of Georgia. Inc.,
is dedicated.
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VOLUME 98
MAN ' ?<ERS SPACE AS GLENN ORBITS EARTH
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Newton Girls See Action In 4AA Meet Tonight
Rams Play Forsyth County
Thursday At 6:15 P. M.
BY 808 GREER
(News Sports Editor)
Newton County high school basketball squads will see
action tonight (Wednesday) and Thursday in the Region 4AA
tournament at Gainesville. Coach Stone Cooper’s girl will
meet Madison Co. at 6:15 and the Rams will engage the For
syth County team Thursday evening at 6:15.
Hart County’s fine squads un
der the tutorship of Coach Bill
Ensley had the best records of
the nine schools entered in the
the tournament and therefore
they were seeded number one.
The Hart Bulldogs will meet the
winner of the Gainesville -
Chamblee game at 7:30 Thurs.
evening. The 5 o’clock game
will pit the Elbert County
team against the Madison
County five. At 8:45 the final
tussle of the evening will see
Baldwin County meeting Briar
cliff.
SemJ-final games of the
tournament will be played at 5,
6:15, 7:30 and 8:45 p. m. Fri
day evening. Finals for first,
second, third and fourth places
will also start at the same time
on Saturday evening.
The top 4 teams in girls and
boys play in Region 4AA will
make the trip to the State Class
AA tournament the second
week in March. The 16 teams
(four from each region) will
stage their girls tournament at
Fitzgerald, and the boys w i 11
play at Alexander Memorial
Coliseum in Atlanta. Both
Newton teams must win their
first start at Gainesville in or
der to enter the state meet.
Coach Cooper’s girls, carry
ing one of the best records ever
into the regional meet, is pair
ed in the same bracket with
Forsyth County, Baldwin Coun
ty and Madison County.
Favored Hart County is in
the opposite bracket with four
th seeded Chamblee who has
a 13-8 season mark.
The Rams will be without the
services of first - string center
Butch Farr who has a broken
wrist suffered in the Jackson
game on February 6th. Coach
Bradley’s two front - line subs
will be used in the upcoming
tournament. Tim Christian and
Terry Smith have shown steady
improvement since the season
started last November.
Newton boys were seeded
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Home Made Cake
Sale Saturday
The Covington Woman’s
Club is sponsoring a home
made cake sale on Saturday,
February 24, in front of the
court house. All proceeds will
go to Tallulah Falls School,
the main project of the Geor
gia Woman’s Club.
Kiwanis Club Observed 35th Birthday Anniversary February 15
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PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE COVINGTON Kiwanis Club are
shown in the photo above taken at the club meeting Thursday
at Legion Home. The Covington club was founded February 15.
1927. Seated from left to right are: C. D. Ramsey (1948), W. 3.
Dickey (1958), V. Y. C. Eady (1942), Nai Turner (1939), Al David
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Kiwanis Lt.-Gov.
Burdeshaw is
Speaker Thurs.
Tom Burdeshaw of Hamp
ton, Lieutenant - Governor of
the 12th Division of Georgia
District Kiwanis International,
will be the guest speaker at the
Covington Kiwanis Club meet
ing Thursday at 1 o'clock at
Legion Home.
This will be an official visit
of the 1962 Lt.-Governor and
he will be introduced by Presi
dent George Hutchinson.
Mr. Burdeshaw was recently
installed into the Lt. - Gover
norship by W. J. Dickey of the
Covington Club. Mr. Dickey is
the immediate past head officer
of the 12th Division.
♦ • ♦ •
Dr. George Parthemos of the
University of Georgia faculty
was the main speaker at the
Covington Kiwanis Club week
ly luncheon meeting Thursday
at Legion Home. Program
chairmen for the day was Ro
bert O. Arnold and he pre
sented the speaker at the meet
ing.
The many aspects of Com
munism was the subject on
which Dr. Parthemos spoke. He
described the growth of Com
munism and told the Ki wan -
ians of the many ways and
means the Communist have of
achieving their goal.
Visitors at the meeting
Thursday included Reverend
Edgar A . Callaway, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, Cov
ington; Rollins McCommon of
the University of Georgia; Steve
Allen and Tommy Alexander,
Newton High Key Club mem
bers.
• » » •
“Kiwanis Kettle”
Edgar Wood read a letter
congratulating the Covington
Kiwanis Club on its 35th Birth
day Anniversary. The Coving
ton club has had one District
Governor, Dean V. Y. C. Eady.
♦ * ♦ •
Dr. J. R. Sams was the only
charter member of the club
present Thursday. He and Leon
Cohen are the only charter
members still active in the Cov-
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1962
9,192 Newton
Countians Given
Polio Vaccine
The three week campaign to
administer Sabin I oral polio
vaccine in the 11-county met
ropolitan Atlanta area ended
with free doses given to a to
tal of 486,342 people. In New
ton County 9.792 received the
vaccine, according to the New
ton County Health Depart
ment, Covington.
Health officials termed the
public response "disappointing”
as sufficient vaccine had been
made available by congression
al appropriation for an esti
mated 900 000 citizens of great
er Atlanta.
Beginning March 12 Sabin
II vaccine will be made avail
able, again without charge, to
the same 11 counties covered
by the Sabin I drive. State and
local health authorities pointed
out that there are three types
of paralytic polio and a dif
ferent oral vaccine must be
taken for protection against
each. The Sabin 11, also given
as two drops of vaccine on a
lump of sugar, will again be
given free to persons six weeks
to 50 years of age.
The breakdown of Sabin I
doses by counties is shown be
low;
Fulton 236,219, DeKalb 118,-
225, Rockdale 5,400, Cobb 53,-
212, Douglas 4,838, Paulding
4.447, Gwinnett 15,958, Clay
ton 20,835, Walton 10,561,
Newton 9,792, Barrow 6.925.
72,055 Drivers
Flunked Exams
So you think it is easy to get
a driver’s license in Georgia?
Well, there are 72,055 persons
who can tell you different.
That’s the number that failed
when they applied for licenses
during 1961. according to the
Georgia Department of Public
Safety’s Driver License Bu
reau.
A breakdown of failures
showed: 55,114 failed on road
rules and road signs tests; 14,-
075 on driving tests, and 2,-
866 on vision tests. There were
59,424 who failed on the first
try; 9,292 who failed on the
second try.
Total number of licenses is
sued last year was 1,266,642, an
increase of 139,146 over 1960.
This brought the total number
of valid licenses in the state to
2.018,384, an increase of 86,-
897.
(1940), Robert Fowler (1941), and Robert Arnold (38 year member
of Kiwanis). Standing, left io right: Godfrey Trammell (1943),
Homer Sharp (1953), Lanier Hardman (1952), Everett Pratt (1957),
Don Wood (1961), Rucker Ginn (1960). Edgar Wood (1949), Ed
King (1945), and George Hutchinson (1962).
warn.
NEWTON COUNTY HEART FUND received checks for SIOO.OO
from the Covington Elks and Elkadeiie Club from the recent
benefit dance held at the Elks Home in Covington. Shown above
presenting checks to Dr. Thomas Crews (center), local heart fund
drive chairman, are Walker Harris (left). Exalted Ruler of the
club, and Mrs. Jack McGiboney, President of the Elkadeiie Club.
Newton Superior Court Grand,
Traverse Jurors Are Drawn
Newton County Superior
Court grand jurors and tra
verse jurors have been drawn
for the March Term session.
Grand jurors arn as follows:
Carl Smith, Jr., W. T. Greer,
Rabun H. McDonald, H. A.
Strickland, O. D. Grant, Anson
Prosser, Troy Stubbs, Pleas F.
(Hoke) Hays, Oliver J Capes,
E. L. Patrick, C. G. Hender
son, Jr., Emory Willis.
R. O. Sams, E. M. McCart,
Chas. L. Wilson. Fred W.
Greer, W. Pitts Robertson, R
R. Fowler, Jr., E. A. King, J.
Leonard Davis, Arthur Ger
stein. Paul J. Roquemore, Wal
ton Strozier, James Johnson.
E. E. Callaway Jr., Eager H.
Phillips, H. A. Brown, Oscar
Spears, Edgar Blanton, John
A. Kemp, D. L. Chambers, H.
M. Pulliam, Robert Hood, K.
C. Mitcham, Thos. W. Dial.
Traverse jurors are as fol
lows:
J. S. Gardner, Sr., Olin S.
Bohannan. Bobbv Chafin Her
bert W. Duke, E. H. Elliott,
Howard Brooks, E R Harris,
Jas. Prosser, Cecil T. Allgood,
Chester H. Johnson. F. R.
Christian, Carter Robertson,
Woodrow Rogers, A. G. Grove,
S. R. Campbell, Jr., Henry Ad
ams, John C. Robertson, J.
Oscar Mask, Robert C. Greer.
Walker P. Campbell, S. R.
Fuller, Jack L. Meadors, E. F.
Cowan, Barnie Mitcham, Jas.
B. Hutchins, J. P. Morgan, Geo.
J. Elliott, A. L. Hicks, Thus. E.
Gattis, H. F. Meadors, L. A.
Biggers, J. Y. Birdsong, Duress
Martin, Ralph N. Adams, A.
B. Dane, Charles Ellis, J. D
Harper, Raymond A. White,
Dean Milton.
John Andrews. W. T. Greer
Jr., James Anderson, V. S.
Williams, C. A Jolley, Foy El
lington. Chas. Thomas Elling
ton, Felton Jones, J. L. Chap
man, R. J. Moore, Howard
Potts, D C. Butler, Jr. R. W.
Warren Jr., Robert E. Carson,
J. Harold Adams, J. A. Harper,
John M. Johnson. J. R. Haynes,
T. G. Cowan, E. H. Underwood.
Ben T. Banks, J F. Hackney,
Car! Scott, W C. Pope, Clinton
L. Patrick, Robert L. Cook,
Fred J Kitchens, Chas. Aiken,
P. M. Mclntosh, L. D, Dobbs,
C. C. Hood, Char. A Burnett.
Jas. P. Benton. Fred Martin.
Jas. B Steele. E L. Butler. H.
H. Nolan. R. K Christian, Her
man Cowan. J. Melvin Allen
Jr.
T A Hanev, John 1,. Bu«h.
n L. Holmes C. N. Hill. w.
M. Johnson J M. Pone. Hu^h
'n Moore. C. Gin Davis. Olin
c . Bohannan. Jr.. James Dobhs.
Jack Conner. John L. Rook»
m M A’lum<. J. D Dial. J.
fam Cook. Chas. H Starling.
Thomas Skinner. J. T Dennard,
Sam Gamer. Oxford F White.
J E Miller. M’s. R M Patv,
n D. Downs. Fred J, Jones,
Fletcher H. Moot E. C. Smith,
Jas. P Knight. John F. Fuller,
SusseP L. Dollar, R L. House,
O. L. Holmes Jr., T L. Marks.
Robert Yancev. Howard L.
King, M E Goode. Jr.. W. C.
Ivey. Chas. W. Haggard.
Veterans Office
Closed Feb. 21-22
The Veterans Service Office
will be closed Wednesday and
Thursday. February 21 and 22.
Fmergencies will please call
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Launching 01 American
Termed 'Most Successful'
History was made yesterday (Tuesday) as Lt. Cot Johr
Glenn, Jr. made an unprecedented three trips around the
earth in outer space. The momentous astronautical trip took
about 5 hours with the launching taking place at Cape Can
averal, Florida at 9:47 a. in., Eastern Standard Time.
Astronaut Glenn was picked
up at 3:01 P. M. EST from the
waters of the Atlantic Ocean by
the destroyer Noah only about
a 1,000 miles from Cape Ca
naveral. NASA officials and
scientists were well pleased
with the flight and Col. Glenn
himself said he was “perfect
condition.”
The many hacking stations
around the world kept in con
tact with Glenn all during his
flight at speeds of 17.545 miles
per hour. His guidance system
went out during the second or
bit and he piloted the rocket for
more than half of the trip. He
even fired the rocket that
brought him down to the At
lantic walers.
Col. Glenn was placed in the
rocket Tuesday morning at 6:03
a. m. and then the long count
down began. The flight had
been postponed some 10 times
since December. But yesterday
the weather and other factors
co-operated and the first
American to orbit the earth
was ready for the three trips
around the earth.
When the Noah crewmen
picked up Glenn he remained
in the capsule until taken on
deck of the destroyer.
Radio and television stations
reported the historic flight
from early morning and as The
Covington News went to press
late yesterday (Tuesday) many
stations were still giving after-1
Harold Gray, Jr. to Appear in
Piano Recital Here, Tuesday
The Covington Music Club
is delighted to present Harold
Gray Jr. in a Piano Recital on
Tuesday evening, February 27
at 8 o’clock in the cafetorium
of the Ficquett Junior High
School. Harold is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Gray of
Atlanta and a nephew of Miss
Lois Gray of this city.
In June, this young artist
will graduate from Murphy
High School. He will enter col
lege in the fa'J where he will
major in mu.w.
Throughout his school years,
Harold Gray has been an out
standing student, having won
highest honors in the school
festivals. At the present time
he is one of the top ten in the
Senior class of his school.
Since a small boy he has play
ed for various activities at his
church. For a number of years
he has served as pianist for
the evening church service.
Also he serves as accompanist
for the mixed choir at Murphy
High School. He has played for
the Atlanta Music Teachers
Association several times.
In the early spring Mr. Gray
will be accompanist for Fletch
er Wolfe, Director of the At
lanta Boys Choir, on a concert
given by Mr. Wolfe in North
Carolina.
Harold has been a member
of the Junior Music Club and
Teenage Guild of Atlanta since
first beginning his music study.
With his teacher. Mrs. Way-
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flight reports of the successful
launching and bringing back to
earth of the American from
New Concord, Ohio. In Coving
ton, Radio Station WGFS gave
full details of the man in orbit
all during the day.
No doubt prayers of many
Newton Countians were answer
ed as Col Glenn completed his
history- making flight in good
condition and as planned by the
space scientists.
Baptist Workshop
Atlanta Assembly
February 22-24
Georgia Baptist religious ed
ucators will hold a workshop
convention at the Atlanta Bap
tist Assembly grounds Feb. 22-
24, C. B. Parker, Columbus,
president of the Religious Edu
cation Association, has an
' nounced.
The group will mee* for the
' first time for a combined
’ workshop - convention which
( will feature conferences, panel
। discussions, and addresses by
, Dr. John J. Hurt, Jr., Atlanta,
editor. The Christian Index,
. Dr. Louie D. Newton, Atlanta,
pastor of the Druid Hills Bap
. tist church, and the Rev.
Nathan Porter, Atlanta, a o
ciate personnel secretary for
the home Mission Board
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mon Rakestraw, Harold has at
tended several piano work
shops, where he was given
highest praise for his talent
and musicianship.
His program to which the
public is cordially invited, will
consist of solos by Bach, Cho
pin, Debussy, Scnabine, Ger
shwin and a two-piano Sonata
by Mozart.